The IMDB summary is not quite correct....the man involved is NOT the niece's fiance but her husband, Bruce. It seems that Bruce married into a rich family and they don't realize that he's quite the rogue. Not only is he a gambling addict, but he's willing to do just about anything to satisfy this addiction. So, when Aunt Adelaide (Patricia Collinge) discovers that Bruce has been forging checks with her name on them in order to pay off gambling debts, she foolishly tells Bruce she's going to call the police. So, it's no surprise when he responds by trying to kill her by locking her into a walk-in-safe in her home. Nearly all of the episode consists of her being stuck and what happens during this time.
The idea of the episode is good....quite sound. But there are two big problems with it. First, this episode easily could have been one of the older half hour ones....at an hour, it just seemed drawn out and padded. Second, to help pad it, often they show the old lady in this safe talking to herself...again, obvious padding. As a result, they took what could have been an exceptional episode and made it a rather tepid one instead. In addition, at the end, why does Bruce act like he did? It didn't make a lot of sense.
The idea of the episode is good....quite sound. But there are two big problems with it. First, this episode easily could have been one of the older half hour ones....at an hour, it just seemed drawn out and padded. Second, to help pad it, often they show the old lady in this safe talking to herself...again, obvious padding. As a result, they took what could have been an exceptional episode and made it a rather tepid one instead. In addition, at the end, why does Bruce act like he did? It didn't make a lot of sense.